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Chapter 145 It’s broken, the blow was too heavy!
On the evening of July 28th, Huangque Valley.

Huangque Valley is located 1,200 miles northwest of Lihuomen.

This place was originally occupied by a Qi-refining family. Relying on a first-level spiritual vein hidden in the valley, they lived a relatively comfortable life.

However, there was a family conflict later, and the news leaked out, which immediately triggered a melee.

Then, several Qi-refining cultivators who had reached the Great Perfection appeared out of nowhere and looted the Huangque Valley.

When the elders of the Lihuo Sect arrived, all they saw was the bloody scene of the annihilation of the entire clan and a spiritual vein that could not be moved.

So this ownerless spiritual vein came into the hands of the Lihuo Sect.

Since this spiritual vein is not large in scale, it can only produce more than 1,300 spiritual stones a year.

The Lihuo Sect has only arranged one foundation-building cultivator here, who is fully responsible for all matters related to mining spiritual veins and excavating spiritual stones, and only needs to hand over one thousand spiritual stones to the sect every year.

This profit is naturally carefully calculated.

Although aspiring foundation-building cultivators look down on this little money, there are always people who don't mind it being too little and like this easy and stable income.

After all, foundation-building cultivators don’t need to go mining, so they can use most of their time every day to practice, and only need to check on their disciples occasionally.

The person in charge of guarding Huangque Valley is still a member of the Su family branch - Su Dechang.

"Master, when will you take me back to Nanhu?"

In the Huangque Valley compound, a charming female cultivator sat in Su Dechang's arms.

On the stone table in front of them were twenty-eight large dishes.

But the two were so busy having fun that they didn't even have time to eat.

Su Dechang stretched out his hands to knead the snow-white flesh and said with a smile: "Don't worry, in another six months, I will be able to save enough money to buy the elixir."

"When the time comes, I'll break through to the fourth level of foundation building, and then I can bring you back openly without worrying about others gossiping behind my back."

"Maybe if the old man is happy, he can take you to meet him."

The two were laughing and joking when suddenly a black wind blew up outside.

A strong wind blew, and all kinds of branches and gravel were blown everywhere, and all kinds of flowers and plants as well as windows and tiles were smashed to pieces.

Su Dechang was startled by the sudden movement and was stunned for a moment.

Firstly, he had been in Huangque Valley for almost ten years and had never seen such a strong wind.

And there was no warning, it came suddenly.

Secondly, he had been accustomed to drinking and having fun for many years, and he had long lost his vigilance. Because he did not feel any spiritual power reaction, he did not realize the danger at first.

It was not until he belatedly realized that the protective formation outside his yard was not effective.

A beam of blood had already broken through the door and pierced directly through his chest.

"Pfft~!"

Su Dechang spat out a mouthful of blood, his eyes widening: "There's clearly no magic fluctuation, how could this happen?"

"Whoosh~!"

The blood returned and penetrated his abdomen again, killing the female cultivator as well.

Then it drew a semicircle in the air and fell into the hands of an old man outside Huangque Valley.

"How about it, I didn't lie to you, did I?"

Beside him, another masked man laughed and said, "What a prestigious and upright sect, they are nothing but a bunch of good-for-nothings."

"Compared to them, your only shortcoming is that you weren't born into a good family."

"Why can these useless people like them control the spirit veins and enjoy all kinds of cultivation resources, while you have to work so hard?"

"Go ahead and take back what's rightfully yours."

The old man looked at the red shuttle in his hand, and a hint of madness gradually appeared in his eyes.

"Yes, I just want to take back what belongs to me."

In Huangque Valley, the sky was filled with blood and screams were heard everywhere.

It spread from the small path all the way to the depths of the spiritual vein. All the disciples of the Lihuo Sect who were responsible for mining the spiritual vein, as well as the temporarily hired independent laborers, were killed and no one survived.

Even to prevent the news from leaking out.

The seven mortal villages within a thirty-mile radius of Huangque Valley were all slaughtered.

The masked man brought the old man to Su Dechang's compound.

Then he found the Light Stone that was responsible for communicating with the Lihuo Gate. "Remember to follow the method I taught you. Inject a stream of magic power at Chen, Wu, and You every day, and you will be able to maintain normal communication."

"I still need to save more fellow Taoists. You stay here and digest the blood food."

"On the tenth day of the tenth month, I'll wait for you at Nanhu Lake. Let's go to the Spirit Fish Feast."

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"You mean, the lightstone lit up three times?"

Xiao Chen stood in the sect's stargazing hall and asked curiously, "Is there a problem with this? Doesn't the sect manual stipulate that we need to contact each other three times a day?"

The on-duty steward of the Guantian Hall looked around.

After confirming that only Xiao Chen and his trusted disciple were present, he explained, "This light-indicating stone corresponds to the Yellow Magpie Valley spiritual vein."

"The person in charge there now is Mr. Su's nephew."

"That guy has never been on time, especially in the morning. But the day before yesterday and yesterday, he contacted me three times, and he was always on time."

Good heavens, Xiao Chen was a little speechless.

"Something's wrong. Do you think something's happened to him?"

The manager said with a bitter face: "I was just suspicious at first, but I asked a friend to check and found that everyone in the village near Huangque Valley had disappeared."

"My friend also thought something was wrong, but he didn't dare to go into the valley to check for himself for fear of alerting the enemy."

Although Su Dechang is spoiled, he is also a genuine second-level foundation-building cultivator.

The demon cultivators in the Qi Refining Stage couldn't touch him at all, so it must be a demon cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Stage who took action.

Xiao Chen thought about the logic. Although the reasoning was a bit strange, it did make some sense.

In order to search for clues left at the scene in time, he had to set off to Huangque Valley overnight.

At the hour of Mao, the sky was just beginning to brighten.

Xiao Chen had already entered the valley.

Everywhere he looked, he saw a large number of fellow Qi-refining disciples lying on the ground, their blood drained out, leaving only a shriveled skin.

Obviously, the worst result happened, and a demon cultivator who had established his foundation really started a killing spree.

But Xiao Chen was still a little confused, because this kind of stronghold would be equipped with defensive formations.

Even in order to save spirit stones, it is not opened at all times.

However, once an enemy attack occurs, there is still enough time to rely on the formation to temporarily block the enemy, or at least buy time to report to the sect with the help of the light stone.

However, in fact, the disciples on duty in the Observatory did not find anything unusual.

If it weren't for Su Dechang's special situation, he would have neglected his duties by relying on his background.

Maybe the Lihuo Gate is now kept in the dark and has no idea that the owner of this place has changed.

"It's not easy."

Xiao Chen frowned slightly. This undoubtedly showed that the demon cultivator who took action was very powerful. He did not even give Su Dechang time to inform and ask for help before he took over Huangque Valley.

Thinking of this, he pinched his fingers together and cast the golden armor technique to put on a layer of defense for himself in advance.

But be careful, even though the enemy this time may be more powerful.

But Xiao Chen is not a pushover, and he has the golden light of the earth as his trump card, so he still has the courage to go in and take a look.
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Carefully touched the deep part of the spiritual vein.

However, no trace of the evil cultivators was found, nor were there any signs of stolen spirit stones.

"Has he left already?"

Xiao Chen returned to the highest point in the valley, where was the courtyard where Su Dechang lived.

Due to various delays before, his "Eyes That Break Delusion" is still a little behind in progress.

The detection spell I currently have is still the previous "Stargazing and Qi-Observing Spell".

This spell has a flaw, which is that it can only determine the approximate concentration of the target's spiritual energy. As a reference for action, it can be misled by various interference factors.

For example, at this moment, Xiao Chen felt something was not right.

From the perspective of Qi-gazing, there was only a ball of spiritual energy at the initial foundation-building level in the yard.

It is also quite unstable, with the spiritual energy fluctuating.

When it is high, it can reach the sixth level of foundation building, but when it is low, it is only about the first level of foundation building.

"How could a demon cultivator of this level kill Su Dechang?"

Su Dechang has not only the best magic weapons, but he certainly has plenty of top-grade magic weapons.

If the cultivation levels are similar, if you fight alone, you may be able to rely on the advantage of magic weapons to suppress the opponent.

Xiao Chen thought about it for a moment and immediately made a deduction: "He must have accomplices."

So he used the "Sealing Acupoints and Concealing Qi Technique" and hid outside the courtyard wall, intending to wait for the evil cultivator's accomplices to come back, and then take action to catch them all in one fell swoop.

The next two days.

While lying in ambush, he watched the demon cultivators in the yard, who were practicing by refining and absorbing essence and blood.

When practicing, the cultivator's cultivation level naturally cannot be concealed.

The other party was clearly only at the fourth level of foundation building, and his aura was weak. It was obvious that he had only recently forced a breakthrough by relying on magic power.

To be honest, judging from his performance, he is obviously not an elite from the Divine Fire Sect.

But he was a local cultivator who had fallen into the path of evil and was not much stronger than Su Dechang.

But the strange thing is that Xiao Chen waited for two full days but never saw his accomplices.

Instead, he saw that the demon cultivators in the courtyard were about to reach the fifth level of foundation building.

"Forget it, it looks like this accomplice won't be back for a while."

Seeing that the other party was refining the essence and blood again, Xiao Chen no longer hesitated and walked out directly.

The first thing to do is to throw the colorful golden beads into the air from a distance to prevent the opponent from escaping.

Then he kicked open the broken door and asked, "Hey, are you from the Divine Fire Sect or the Luotian Sect?"

The demon cultivators in the courtyard reacted much faster.

The moment he noticed something unusual, he released a protective aura.

Then he stretched out his left hand and dipped it into the small bowl in his right hand.

After wiping his eyes with the essence and blood, a dark red light immediately emanated from his eyes. This was obviously some kind of detection technique.

After seeing that Xiao Chen was only at the sixth level of Foundation Establishment, the other party snorted coldly: "Humph, another lackey from the Lihuo Sect!"

"It just so happens that the blood essence I have is of poor quality!"

"Today I will taste your blood and see if it tastes good!"

As he spoke, he took out a flying shuttle from his arms, raised his index and middle fingers, and drew it into the air.

The shuttle suddenly turned into a beam of blood and rushed towards Xiao Chen's heart.

Xiao Chen naturally came prepared and had taken out the tassel-edged brocade handkerchief before entering the door.

The shuttle landed on the brocade handkerchief and was not only stopped directly but also wrapped up on the spot.

No matter how the other party commanded, they were firmly suppressed and unable to move. Because he was worried about his accomplice, Xiao Chen did not rush to kill the other party, but wanted to capture him alive.

"Green Thorn Technique!"

As soon as he gave an order, thorns immediately broke out of the ground and rolled towards the other party.

But unfortunately, the Green Thorn Spell is a first-level spell after all.

A large number of thorns were blocked outside the protective aura and could not form an effective restriction.

This delay actually gives the other party a chance to assess the situation.

Seeing that Xiao Chen was very powerful, he decisively took out a strange talisman from his arms, and then took out a bottle of essence and blood that had been refined in advance and sprinkled it directly.

Immediately, there was a burst of blood light, and then the old man turned into a ray of blood light, broke through the thorns, and fled outside.

Seeing the other party performing the blood escape technique.

Xiao Chen's mind moved, and the colorful golden beads in the air suddenly fell down, directly dispersing the escaping blood light.

Looking closely, the demon cultivator had already died on the spot.

"It's bad, the blow was too heavy!"

Xiao Chen walked up with a frown and picked up the other person's storage bag.

He had actually wanted to hold back just now, but he didn't expect the other party to escape so decisively, and he didn't have time to cast other spells.

Secondly, I really didn't expect that the other party only had a mid-grade defensive robe.

He couldn't even withstand the impact of the golden bead and died.

"Hopefully we can find some new clues."

Xiao Chen searched the yard first, but unfortunately he didn't find anything useful.

Then he refined the storage bag with ease.

But there were only 285 spirit stones and a bunch of useless stuff in this storage bag.

The most precious magic weapon on the opponent's body is actually the top-grade magic weapon-level shuttle.

The only clue related to the demonic cultivation is a book called "Blood Refining Divine Art".

Xiao Chen had obtained a copy of this magic skill before, but he took it from a killer from the Cang Yan Sect.

At present, we can only roughly guess that it should belong to the Divine Fire Sect based on the content of the magic.

In short, the clue is gone.

Xiao Chen had a hunch that if he didn't catch the other party's accomplice this time, then that accomplice would definitely do something else in the near future.

But he had no good solution now. If the opponent appeared in front of him immediately, he could immediately use the top-grade magic weapon to blow the opponent's head off.

But the other party ran away early, leaving him no chance to attack.

"It's so annoying. Damn Divine Fire Cult, can you please stop causing me trouble all the time?"

Based on the principle of being here since he was already there, Xiao Chen walked around the entire Huangque Valley.

During this search, he actually discovered an extremely secret basement.

This basement is very well hidden and cannot be detected by ordinary detection spells.

However, Xiao Chen's "Stargazing and Qi-Observing Technique" has a tenfold effect enhancement, and is particularly good at detecting places with significant spiritual energy.

I just happened to discover that there was something abnormal about the flow of spiritual energy in this place.

Entering the basement, there was actually a tunnel at the back, connecting to the spiritual vein not far away.

Dozens of sets of mining tools are placed along the way.

It is obvious that someone is stealing the spiritual veins in this way.

This behavior certainly could not be hidden from Su Dechang, and in fact, this was something he condoned.

Xiao Chen found a man-made secret room in the basement.

There were five large boxes in the dark room.

He opened the box, and inside were the 4,600 spirit stones that Su Dechang had saved over the years.

"Hey, this amount of spirit stones shouldn't be in the account book, right?"

And now there should be no one who knows about it.

Xiao Chen thought about it, took away all the spirit stones here, and then took the initiative to blow up the tunnels and basements here for Su Dechang.
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Activate the Light Stone according to the predetermined frequency.

Soon, a large group of Qi-refining disciples rushed to Huangque Valley.

Among them, there are three who have reached the great perfection of Qi training and are responsible for serving as temporary team leaders and continuing to guard this stronghold.

Their main task is to guard this resource point and wait for the sect's next dispatch.

There is no other way. The Lihuo Sect is currently very short of staff and cannot spare any extra foundation-building monks to rotate in.

Of course, this doesn’t mean that no one can really tell the difference, but that there is no suitable person.

According to past practice, Huangque Valley should be taken over by a member of the Su family.

But the Su family is already short of manpower in this generation, and they really can't send a suitable candidate for the time being.

After confirming the news of Su Dechang's murder, the entire Su family was immersed in grief.

Even Su Wanqing returned to her tribe to mourn and asked Shen Siyue to come and help take care of the spirit flowers.

"Big... um."

When Xiao Chen returned to Cuiwei Valley, he subconsciously wanted to call her Senior Sister, but then he realized that it seemed a bit inappropriate.

Instead, Shen Siyue saw him and stood up to greet him: "Greetings, Uncle Master Xiao."

"Junior Sister Wanqing is busy at home. If Uncle Master doesn't mind, I'll help take care of the spiritual flowers during this period."

Xiao Chen waved his hand: "I don't mind, it's great that you can come to help."

In the next few days, he spent most of his time refining pills.

This time, Lingyuan Sect needed more Blood-Stirring Pills and placed an order for one hundred bottles.

However, the reward was also higher, a full two thousand spirit stones.

Xiao Chen naturally would not miss this good opportunity and handled all the orders by himself.

At the same time, there were 150 bottles of Blood-Stirring Pills in his storage bag.

"We need to find an opportunity to exchange these blood-piercing pills for spirit stones."

After all, compared to the rewards for refining, directly selling pills can undoubtedly earn more spirit stones.

But there have been no auctions recently, and I haven’t heard any news about the black market.

This couldn't help but make Xiao Chen a little disappointed: Auction is such an important event, why not hold it more often?
It would be best to hold eight or ten events a year, and get a few more five-colored golden lotus and other materials at each event. Wouldn't that make a fortune directly?
Just as Xiao Chen was imagining the auction.

Suddenly, a disciple from the Weapon Refining Hall came in and said, "Uncle Xiao, Elder Chen wants you to come over."

Xiao Chen followed him to the back hall of the weapon refining hall and saw Chen Tianfeng holding an indigo flying sword in his hand and looking at it carefully.

Perhaps the temperature in the back hall was too high, and white mist was faintly rising around the flying sword.

But these white mists were not water vapor. After rising up, they circled in the air and then returned.

This cycle repeats itself, creating a strange scene.

Seeing Xiao Chen coming, Chen Tianfeng directly handed over the flying sword: "Come, come, come and take a look, Lingyuan Sect actually has an ice-type flying sword."

"I couldn't make it last time, but I finally managed to send the flying sword along with the ore this morning."

Xiao Chen walked forward and took a closer look.

The flying sword in front of me was crystal clear and emitted a faint cold light, like a whole piece of translucent black ice, naturally carrying a cold beauty.

The sword body is extremely smooth, without a single flaw, and it is a seamless whole.

Only the hilt is carved with a large number of delicate and well-arranged patterns.

Xiao Chen picked up the ice sword, and a chill came over him instantly, but this chill was not biting, instead it brought a sense of calmness and concentration.

Trying to sweep the sword with his magic power, Xiao Chen asked in surprise: "Is this a top-grade magic weapon?"

"Yes."

Chen Tianfeng nodded: "Ice-type flying swords are rare to begin with, and we've been searching for them for a long time."

"In the end, we didn't find any high-grade magical weapons, but we did find this top-grade magical weapon."

"Of course, if you don't like it, then we can go back and find another high-quality magic weapon."

Xiao Chen quickly said, "No, no, no, don't bother. I think this one is good enough."

After he obtained the Wind and Thunder Sword, all he needed was a top-grade magical ice sword.

Now I can skip the high-grade magic weapon and get it in one step, which is really a pleasant surprise.

With this top-grade ice sword, it can arrange a small three-talent sword formation and directly produce the best effect.

According to the description of the formation diagram, the top-of-the-line version of the Small Three Talents Sword Formation has the power to surround and kill a cultivator in the late Foundation Establishment stage on its own.

"Second Master, how many spirit stones does this ice sword require?"

After checking it over and over again, Xiao Chen looked up and asked about the price.

Everything has its pros and cons.

If what comes back this time is a top-grade magic weapon, then with his current financial resources, it will naturally be no problem for him to buy it.

But if it was replaced with a top-grade magic weapon, and a particularly rare top-grade magic weapon like the Ice Sword, the price would naturally increase, and it might be a high price that he could not afford for the time being.

"It's about the price..."

Chen Tianfeng paused and shook his head slightly: "Let's talk about it later. I heard from my eldest brother that you are a little short of money recently."

"In that case, I'll advance the money for you."

To be honest, Xiao Chen is indeed a little short of money recently.

Although he had just earned several thousand spirit stones, the problem was that he owed even more money.

Chen Tianfeng's willingness to help with credit purchases felt like timely assistance.

Xiao Chen looked at the ice sword in his hand and asked seriously, "Second Master, I really don't have many spirit stones on me right now."

"But please tell me the price of this flying sword. Once I have spirit stones in my hands, I will definitely return it to you as soon as possible."

Chen Tianfeng didn't hesitate to answer and said directly: "You are one of us, so I will tell you the truth."

"According to my estimation, this ice sword should only be worth 24,000 spirit stones, but they asked for 3,000 more, bringing the total price to 27,000."

"Although Lingyuan Sect is short of money right now, it's not the time to offer a discount. If you're sure you want it now, we can only offer it at 27,000."

Sure enough, although offensive flying swords are generally cheaper, flying swords with this special attribute are still very expensive.

Even so, Xiao Chen nodded without hesitation: "I understand, twenty-seven thousand, that's twenty-seven thousand."

I have already bought the expensive Wind and Thunder Swords, so this last chance won’t hurt me.

Watching Xiao Chen leave with a smile on his face, Chen Tianfeng was a little confused. Could it be that he made such a decisive decision just because he heard that he could buy on credit?

But he was too lazy to think about such things.

Anyway, it was Chen Tianyuan who asked him to advance the money for Xiao Chen.

In this case, the 27,000 spirit stones would naturally go into the Chen family's account, and he didn't need to worry about it.

Moreover, Lingyuan Sect recently placed an additional order for magical instruments, and the Instrument Refining Hall is now working day and night to complete the task.

What Chen Tianfeng is most concerned about now is the daily output.

(End of this chapter)